Deseret News Global Flags SSES

Apr 23, 2013

The elementary school invites everyone to drive into the front entrance to look at the global (peace/prayer) flags that our students just completed. Each student painted their wish to the world.   Kathleen Briley, a local artist came up with the project and helped all our students complete and... [more]

2012 UAEA Teachers of the Year

Apr 02, 2013

  2012 UAEA Teachers of the Year. National Winners Pacific Region Art Teacher of the Year-  Bart Frances Pacific Region Higher Education Division Educator of the year - Dan Barney State Winners Elementary Teachers of the Year - Jamie Toftum and Mona Woolsey... [more]

Imagination Surrounded us at the Northern Utah Regional Conference

Sep 29, 2012

Those who attended the Northern Utah Conference in conjunction with SWAP (StateWide Art Partnership)  this year at Weber State University, had a wonderful time.  Our Keynote speaker, Michael Bingham, filled our hands and our heads with so many amazing ideas for teaching our students to be... [more]

Arts in Education Conference

Sep 06, 2012

NEWS RELEASE ARTS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE: CULTIVATING THE CREATIVE MIND: Designing Collaborative Spaces Utah Valley University’s School of the Arts and School of Education will present the Fifth Annual Arts in Education Conference, “Cultivating the Creative Mind:... [more]

UAEA Hosted the NAEA Pacific Region Leadership Summit

Aug 02, 2012

This past summer UAEA had the honor of hosting the NAEA Pacific Region leadership forum.  We had a very informative time with all of the Pacific Region Art Education Association Presidents, gaining insight and new ideas for making our association even better.  We are excited to share with... [more]

2012 UAEA Conference a Success!

Apr 19, 2012

Those of you who had the opportunity to attend this year's Art in the Sun Conference were able to experience the wind along with the sunshine.  A great time was had by all who attended and the classrooms were filled with great teachers sharing their expertise and learning together. ... [more]

The Fairchild Challenge at Thanksgiving Point

Dec 14, 2011

Thanksgiving Point would like to announce an educational outreach program for high school aged students called The Fairchild Challenge. This program is set up as a series of seven “Challenges” (assignments) that appeal to different disciplines and learning styles. Each Challenge... [more]

2011 Southern Fall Conference

Nov 01, 2011

"Catalyzing change: Artist as activist" Four artists from Southwestern Utah participated on a panel, showing and discussing their artwork. After the panel, participants engaged in a hands-on session, creating a work of art that had unique personal meaning for each individual. Keynote... [more]

UAEA Northern Utah Conference a Success!

Oct 14, 2011

Rodayne Esmay, who teaches 3-D animation at UVU, was our keynote speaker.  He reaffirmed the need to teach students how to draw.  The rest of the day was spent learning how to teach one point perspective, by Jeff Lowe of Roy High School.  We also had a three hour studio figure drawing... [more]

2012 NAEA Pacific Region Leadership Summit to be Held in Park City

Sep 27, 2011

This summer Utah will have the opportunity to host the NAEA Pacific Region Leadership Conference in Park City.  We are excited to meet with Art Education Association leaders from all of the States in the Pacific Region and show them some of the great things about Utah.  [more]

Notable Utah Artists

Feb 23, 2011

We are really excited to tell you a little bit about a project that we know the state's fine art teachers, as well as regular classroom teachers will be very interested in seeing. It's a showcase of short film clips featuring some of Utah's finest performing, visual and literary artists taken... [more]

UAEA at Pacific Meetings

Oct 23, 2010

In July of 2010 at NAEA Pacific Region Leadership meeting in Las Vegas, the Utah Art Education Association’s president James Rees shared with the other states in the region the great things being done by it’s members in art education.   At a time when attendance at association... [more]

Midway Elementary

Mar 02, 2010

A 2nd grade team at Midway Elementary study student art work with a visual art specialist. They are looking for improvement in student art work and improvement in student literacy. Students were asked to "self assess" based on the art concepts taught, and write some thoughts about their art work... [more]

Visual Journaling

Aug 13, 2009

James M. Rees, MFA As an art teacher, my ultimate goal is to become unnecessary to my students’ creative process and that they begin to make their own critical aesthetic decisions. For me, teaching is about transferring responsibility for making art from the teacher to the student. This... [more]

The New AP Digital Portfolio

Jul 20, 2009

This June, over hundred AP readers gathered in Cincinnati to evaluate over 34,000 portfolios. Among the group were two of our UAEA members, Mark Graham and James Rees. This is the first time in the Advance Placement Studio performance test that the evaluations took place on computers instead... [more]